Question

Critically discuss the level of processing model of craik and lockhart in 1000 words

Answer 1

The levels of processing effect was the creation of Robert S. Lockhart and Fergus I. M. Craik in 1972. The duo introduced this model as an alternative to prior memory theories (Atkinson & Shiffrin) which had divided memory into sensory, working and long-term stages.

Basically Craik & Lockhart believed that the depth of mental processing affected memory function. Memories that were deeply processed led to longer lasting memories while shallow processing led to memories that decayed easily.Shallow processing occurs in four ways:

Structural: Processing how an object or sound looksPhonemic: When we process how something soundsGraphemic: Processing letters contained in a wordOrthographic: Processing the shape of something

Deep or semantic processing occurs in three ways:

The process of relating an object/situation etc. to something elseWhen the meaning of something is thought ofWhen we process the importance of something